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Good morning!
This looks great! I think you had the verbal going for the wing wraps on the first video (hard to hear because a certain pup was barking haha) and the GO verbal was very clear. Nice!!! The wrap verbal on the 2nd video was very clear on the first rep too.And she seemed to have zero questions about the wing or finding the jump. SUPER!!
So now you can amp it all up, in a few different ways:
– more distance between the wing and jump so she gets even more independence going.
– you can do a front cross on the wing instead of a post turn – start her on the other arm, send her around the inside, then FC to the side you want her to be on for the straight line.
– you can change your position by either starting soooo close to the wing, do a front cross and don’t run til she is just about finished with the wrap… then run tp the jump so that she drives way ahead of you to the jump (you can have the toy already placed out there). Or, you can start near the jump, do a big send to the wing, and get miles ahead of her 🙂
Great job! Have fun!
TracyGood morning!
>> was moving the toy when on the set point, although verrrrrrry slowly and probably too slow to see when I released her!
Ha! That makes sense. You can add more speed, because also adds the ‘distraction’ of handler speed and motion 🙂
>>I was going to throw that toy but it was so big and dangly that I decided to walk back and give her a treat instead. Should I carry an extra toy or bigger treats to toss back at her?
Yes, another toy or treat would be great and then the giant dangly toy can be saved for the dragging 🙂
>>I love the way you’re teaching this with the dogs powering forward, head low to the moving toy.>>
It is an idea adapted from flyball LOL!! It is designed to get the speed and power of flyball dogs but with the finesse required for agility 🙂
>>I meant to tell you I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “magic finger” video you mentioned.
Here it is:
>>How often do you mix in the WIYH and the tunnel/wing discrimination? I know Hola definitely needs lots more work on the discrimination exercise.>>
Maybe once a week, for each. We build on both of them, so no worries if they aren’t perfect yet.
>>The heat has definitely hit Florida this weekend. I’m going to have to try getting out early in the morning to work the exercises but not possible this week as I have something I need to do Monday thru Thursday already.>>
Early mornings and dusk 🙂 Just be careful that the tunnel is not wet in the mornings so she doesn’t slip.
Have fun, stay cool!
TracyGood morning!
I am happy with how this looks!!! He was consistently organized and producing really good form!!! The toy was a little close to jump 2 on the release on the first rep, but that was probably just a warm up – the position on the other reps was really good. He was a little higher over the 2nd bar on the first few reps but then got more efficient when you changed sides, and maintained good form throughout. Yay!
I am especially happy that even though he is young and tall and leggy, we didn’t see any crazy-legs action or flinging himself. He was really good!!!!!
Remind me how old he is? We can start to plan 🙂 I think the next session can be same setup as this one except now you can move faster on the toy dragging (adding more handler motion :)) and if that goes well, the session after than can be reducing the handler motion back to what is was here, and raising bar 2 a little bit. This can be once a week, no rush, there are lots of other things to do 🙂
Great job!
TracyKeep me posted!
I think in May we will be running the mental management course, in a new fun format 🙂 I have had some requests for it and it is long overdue! Then stay tuned for CAMP in June!!!!!
Tracy
Good morning!
I think the set point is looking really good! She is really powering nicely and being organized too! As you build up this game, you can throw more rewards back to her rather than walk back to her with a cookie. Throwing the reward back to her will help keep her a little more upright and help prevent anticipation on the release when you are leading out.
I think the only thing I would add here is that the oy can be slowly moving before you release her now.
And next session (maybe Monday or Tuesday): put the 2nd bar at 10″ 🙂
WIYH looks great too – I love how she is driving WAY ahead on these, with a lot of confidence. Super!!! We build on this game more later this week. One small detail: remember to start with a FC on the wing – some were post turns which were a little wider and delayed both of you from getting up the line super fast 🙂
Great job! Enjoy nosework today 🙂
Hi –
He is doing a great job of finding his line here! Remember to start with a front cross wrap on the wing so he is on the line to the front of the jump. (like a the beginning of the session, at :12 for example). When you started with a post turn on the wing, like at :56 – he was no longer on the line to the front of the jump (especially because it was a wingless – he was on the parallel path to he backside). He figured it out after a couple of reps and brought himself in, but we don’t want to lose the parallel path for when you need to teach the backside of the jump. The front cross on the wing will help set him up for the front of the jump.
Nice work here! We will build on it even more later this week.
TracyAlso, be careful about total training time, even split into shorter sessions. The tunnel exit games totalled to be about 10 minutes of training which is a lot or reps for a young dog. So try to keep the session totals to be 5 minutes or less: you will get sharper, crisper behavior (from both of you :)) because there are fewer repetitions and you will both be faster and fresher.
This was the right turn exits –
Try to get the right verbal and physical cue started while he is still 4 or 4 feet away from the tunnel entry, so he sees and hears it before he enters.
The right verbal on the first and second rep was a little late so he didn’t quite know where to go (you can see him looking around at the exit) By the 3rd rep, he knew the sequence 🙂The Go lines looked really strong!!
At the end, you were really late (said the right verbal after he exited, and it was a left turn) – so he was wide. You marked it as an oops. He did eventually get the reward, but this was a good example of when you can be assuming it is handler error and just reward him.
This was the soft turn tunnel exits, just the left and some go exits (maybe one of the earlier sessions?) Nice job moving away from the tunnel exit as you said left, those turns looked good! You can start the Go cue sooner (verbal and acceleration) and also throw the toy sooner, to keep building up the straight line drive out of the tunnel.
Tunnel exits:
This was a good camera angle to see the connection on the go lines heading to the camera – you can make more connection and eye contact at the tunnel exits to get him to go to the correct side of the wing. For example at :48 and 1:51, you were looking forward so he didn’t really know which line to be on. Moving the wings in closer to the tunnel will really help get you a little further away to connection and show the line and point forward less (pointing ahead of him blocks connection).You can see your line of motion moving away to the wing on the left and right turns from the tunnel, and that really helped him get the nice left & right tunnel exits! Yay!
More shadow handling here: I really liked the timing on the 2nd rep (:17), you were not too far ahead and so he got on the line nicely. Tat was lovely!
You were too far ahead on the last rep (:46), though, so he was correct to come to the other side because that is where he saw you and you were calling him. You marked it as being wrong and didn’t reward, but in fact he was correct. So remember that in handling, all errors are human errors so you should reward him even if you think he was wrong. then watch the video back before the next rep and you will be able to see what caused the error.Nice start here for this game – This is the baby level shadow handling. He was very good about finding the line and not jumping up! After the cookie toss, you can wait one more heartbeat before taking off so he can see you more and so you don’t have to slow down for him to catch up – you were on the other side of the tunnel on most of these so he was slowing down to figure out where to be.
Hi! He is doing really well here! Commitment is looking good and he is doing well with the tunnel exits too! I think the main thing is for you to not try to run as fast, but instead to connect to his eyes a lot more to show the lines. The bloopers/questions were mostly disconnections like at :18 or when he would end up on the wrong side of you at the wing. More eye contact will help as he learns to run these sequences.
2 other suggestions:
– to help the verbals sound different, you can stretch out the left and right verbals so they are softer and longer, to create more contrast between the long loud GO! and the short, quiet wraps.– as you cue the soft turn left/right exits of the tunnel, you can let him see you move away to the new line. That was when he got great turns (physical cue supporting the verbal). When you were running straight, like towards the end when you ‘left’ verbal timing was great but yo uwere running straight (like it was a go exit), he was not sure of where to go so ended up wide on the exit.
And definitely reward all the things, even if something has gone wrong 🙂 These are handling games, so errors are handler errors and not dog errors (so he can still have his toy and treat :))
Nice work!
Hi!
The around-the-back trick is awesome! She is a little better to her left than to her right, but that just might be the side you are more comfy with too. It is a great trick for physical and mental warm ups!!The tunnel exits looked great – she has excellent tunnel commitment here, and you had fabulous timing of your verbals and she had great turns on the exit! NICE!!! She is very happy to turn, so be sure to mix in plenty of loud GO GO GO and toy throws for the exit.
She had one commitment question on the wing after the right turn tunnel exit: it was just a little more connection needed there at :55. She could only see your back so she didn’t know where to be (it might have had something to do with the jacket, hood and hat – it looks like it was snowing!!) You had better position there on the next rep but you won’t need to be as far ahead if you have eye contact as she exits the tunnel.
>>PS I finally got a “get it!” out on the last clip!>>
Yay! Definitely keep using it, especially on the go go go tunnel exits 🙂
Great job! Stay warm!
Tracy
